Personal Narrative: Drinking Water In The United States

“The Story of Bottled Water” by Annie Leonard’s central purpose is about how bottled water is less environmentally-friendly, less tasty, and less safe, but more expensive. The author wants action to be taken to ban water bottles and increase the access of safe tap water to all.

My grandmother wakes me around four in the morning to find out if I have bottled water in my possession. I rise from my cot, untangling my pretzel like limbs as I sit up to look at her in the darkness. The cot is hardly a foot off the ground, my ankles hang off the edge, and I have no place to put my upper limbs. “Wake up, I need to change the water.” I need to protect the frog. She is staring at me in the darkness expectantly, wonderingly. A whimsical child trapped in the body of a fountain of wisdom.

"Drinking water is like washing out your insides. The water will cleanse the system, fill you up, decrease your caloric load and improve the function of all your tissues." -- Kevin R. Stone --

Growing up in the city of Flint, Michigan shaped me into the person I am today. Just recently my community was faced with another crisis. Occurring just a few weeks ago was the “Flint Water Crisis”; it was and will forever be remembered as a community wide tragedy. I got the feeling that I needed to do something to help those who were victims to this. I did my best to volunteer at as many places that were giving out free fresh water, such as with the Upward Bound Program on the Mott Community College campus.

In the early months of 2016, I learned of the water crisis taking place in Flint, Michigan. When I heard the first reports of what had taken place, I was in disbelief. I could not believe that a city in America had citizens who could not obtain clean drinking water. I assumed everyone had a right to clean water. I was personally challenged and moved by the sufferings of the people in Flint, I wondered how I could help.

Water, like food, is a necessity for human life that is used for many purposes such as agricultural, industrial, and domestic systems. While water is a common element around the world not all of it is clean and able to be consumed or used by humans. With only a percentage of the world’s water being clean and the use of water increasing, the availability of water around the world has become a common issue in the developing and even the developed world. This may be a smaller problem in areas close to clean water sources compared to areas far from a clean water source but, the availability of water is not strictly based on location, it also depends on the specific political and social needs and issues of the area as well. These all become issues that must be accounted for when deciphering whether water is a basic human right or a commodity and what action must be taken to aid the developing water systems in community’s that lack them.

I was invited to Save Tacoma Water (STW) Meeting this morning at 9 a.m. When I received an invitation for the meeting from a member of STW, the meeting supposed to be held at Tully’s. But it didn’t include the address. I sent a text message to the member requesting the address a 7:40 a.m. The member didn’t reply. Since I met some STW members last Wednesday, I assumed Tully’s at 24 N. Tacoma Ave. I live in Browns Point area so it takes me about 22 miles round trip. I arrived at 9:03 but I couldn’t see anyone from STW. I called the member to find the address. The member send me text that he/she was in the meeting. But all I want was just address so I can be at the meeting. Why couldn’t he/she send me the address instead of texting me “I’ll call

What are life’s basic essentials? Food, Water, and Shelter; that it the basic essential needs that is taught to us all in primary school. In order for any humans to survive, this is what is needed to sustain life. So that means if one of these essential life needs is not available, the chances of survival are limited. Upon doing my research for this assignment, the statistics that came up about unclean drinking water was perplexing. For example, one in nine people worldwide do not have access to clean and safe drinking water. The crippling water crisis that is going on worldwide is an issue that many are unaware of, including me. How is it that in 2016 there are 1.1 billion people without access to clean drinking water? (UNICEF & Organization, 2015)

Consuming water is an essential part of everyday life. But where you get your water can be as important as the water itself. With today’s technological advances in water purification, and stringent standards put forth by the Environmental Protection Agency on tap water, there is no need to keep consuming water from a bottle. Not only does bottled water have a higher price tag than tap water, but it also cost oil to make the bottles, and that is using up another valuable resource. Although the debate of bottled water vs. tap water is a national issue, I believe that using tap water is the smarter choice and if I can start small by convincing my family members to stop using bottled water and instead fill up reusable bottles with tap water, I

On a hot summer day, you are playing a sport you love in a 90-degree weather and all you can think of is iced cold water. We all love water lets admit it even though we don think we do. If we didn’t have water we would not be able to function properly. In fact, our bodies are made up of 60 percent of water, that’s a high percentage of water content. Water is like technology, constantly at our fingertips. Especially when we quick run in to a gas station grab a plastic water bottle and we are good to go. Gas stations and other stores carry different types of waters from many companies, such as, Nestle, Dasani, Aquafina, and more. Wait a minute! Do we know exactly where does that water come from? Many individuals believe that the water they drink from plastic water bottles is the purest water they can get; because different types of companies persuade consumers that tap water is not the purest.

How many of you, when you go to a restaurant and the waiter/waitress asks you what you want to drink ask for water?

I continuously consumed water or a cold beverage to try and stay hydrated on a hot summer day at a softball tournament. I congratulated my friend on her playing and started to leave the field. I sat down in the car, buckled my seatbelt, and then started the car’s engine. Right after I took the first turn out of the parking lot I had to go to the bathroom. I thought to myself that I should have gone before I left; I should had remembered the extent of the water intake I consumed and never departed to go relieve myself. By this time, I was too late to turn back around and go use a bathroom at the softball diamonds because two cars were behind me wanting to leave, so I decided to hold back going to the bathroom. I made two more turns before I

Water is a very important commodity to live. Some people say it’s a right, but others at as if it’s a privilege, and as a result, people lack it. The human body is about sixty percent water, but in what I have seen just in my twenty years of life, people do not drink merely enough of it. Instead, water has been replaced as a go-to drink by things like milk, coffee, pop, or energy drinks, but natural energy lies in water. With water we can be more energized, awake, and of course, hydrated, which all together collaborate to help us flourish, stay healthy, and live long. It’s most of the earth’s surface, too; water’s all around us, but we neglect it and deny its crucial place in our health and humanity.

I am so surprised with how important water is for my body. I was a former basketball player and never really realized how important water really was for me. One of the common things that many players do is pretend that they do not need water to show the coaches that you are in better shape than the rest of the players. I now know that this is not only a poor idea, but an unhealthy choice.

Few resources are essential to human survival. Access to clean water is the most critical of all. Water is a vital resource responsible for sustaining all life on earth. However, clean water is in short supply, but in high demand in all parts of the world. It is thought that most Americans have access to safe, affordable, clean water right from their taps. However, the media is uncovering the true nature of America’s deteriorating water situation. Americans have reason to be seriously concerned about the state of their drinking water. So what really is on tap in America?